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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. C. WILGOCK.

APPARATUS POR OILING BAGS.

Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

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APPARATUS FOB. OILING BAGS.

No. 391,670., Patented Oct. 28, 1888.

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NrrEn STATES CHARLES WILOOOK, OF LEEDS, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND,ASSIGNOR TO MATTHEV ALFRED BRIGG AND DAVID DIXON, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR OILING RAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,670, dated October2'3, 11888.

Application filed Juno 30, 1887. Serial No. 242,967.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEs WiLoooK, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Leeds, in the county of York, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Im provements in Apparatus for OilingRags, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Great Britain, No.3,645, dated March 10, 1887,) of which the following is a full, clear,and exact specification.

This invention has for its object to provide novel, simple, andefficient means for uniformly and mechanically dropping oil in atransverse line across a layer of rags, yarn, or other fabric in itstravel or passage to a rag pulling or opening machine.

To such end the invention consists in the features of construction andcombination of devices hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis asectionalelevation of an apparatus embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, atop plan viewomitting the strainer; and Fig. 3, a front elevation.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to thedrawings, wherein- The letter A indicates a tank, in which is placedwarmed or heatedv oil, which is prevented from quickly cooling throughthe medium of a filling, C, of slag-wool, asbestus, or other substancethat is va non-conductor of heat interposed between the walls of thetank and an external surrounding jacket or case, B. The upper open endof the tank is fitted with a foraminous strainer-plate, K, for strainingthe oil of impurities and solid matters when poured into the tankthrough such plate.

The letter G indicates a horizontal cylinder or pipe for distributingthe oil to the oil-dropping nozzles H, which depend from the lower sideof the cylinder and are arranged in a right line in close proximity toeach other, so as t0 drop the oil uniformly in a right line transverselyor across a layer of rags, yarn, or other fabric, which is `caused totravel beneath the nozzles-as, for instance, by a support, I, carryingthe rags and moving in the direction of (No model.) Patented in EnglandMarch 10, 1857, No. 3,645. V

the arrows, Figs. l and 2, for delivering the rags or other fabric to arag pulling or opening machine. The nozzles H are numerous for thepurpose of dropping down a longitudinal line of oil-drops in closeproximity to each other, and the nozzles have contracted mouths toinsure the oil being discharged in uniform drops. The cylinder or pipe Gis connected at several points to the tank by the pipes F, each having acock or valve for controlling the iow of oil therethrough, and the inneropen ends of the pipes preferably communicate with the oil through themedium of a chamber, D, located in the tank and placedin communicationtherewith by tubular elbows E, whereby the oil first passes from thetank through the elbows into the chamber D, and from thence to thedistributing cylinder or pipe through the valved pipes.

The use of several pipe-connections F between the cylinder and the oilis desirable for the purpose of more uniformly supplying the oil to thenozzles.

The chamber D, while preferred by me in practice, is not, however,essential, and may, if desired, be omitted.

For the purpose of clearly indicating the oil-level in the tank,Iprovide a glass gage, J, made to communicate at its upper and lowerends. By the filling C, of slag-wool, asbestus, or other non-eonductorof heat, Iobtain better results,in that the oil is kept warm. The oilingof the rags or other fabric, as set forth, places the same in propercondition to be readily pulled apart by the rag-machine, and by thismeans longer fibers are obtained.

By arranging the several parts in the relation described and shown thelayer of rags on the moving or traveling support or carrier is uniformlyoiled in transit to the rag-pulling machine; and, moreover, the oildropping by gravity down upon the rags has ample time to thoroughlysaturate or impregnate all portions of the rag pieces before the latterreach the rag-pulling machinery, thus placing the rags in the bestcondition to be operated upon for producing long and desirable fibers,while at the same time a force-feed, such as steam, is not required.

Heretofore a perforated pipe connected with an oil-vessel and asteam-supply pipe has been located parallel to and next the face of apickercylinder, between the latter and the traveling rag-carrier andfeed-rollers, for steaming the rags and suppl ying oil thereto by thepressure ofthe steam at the point where the rags are acted upon by thepicker-cylinder, and after the rags have passed the rag-carrier andfeedrolls; but such is not my invention. In an.- other instance heatedoil has been forced upon wool as the latter passes from a pickereylipderto the wool-room, through themedium ot' an oil-tank having a topdischarge-pipe and a steam-inlet pipe, the steam serving to heat the oiland also to force the latter out through the discharge-pipe upon thewool as it leaves the discharge-spout of the picker or cleaner; butneither is such my invention. A cylinder hav ing a row of nozzles hasalso been used to deliver oil into a series of tubes leading to there-box of a boiler-furnace for burning oil; but that is not myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. An apparatus foroiling rags on asupport which carries them to a rag-pulling machine,consisting of an oil-holding tank, a horizontal cylinder extendingacross the lower portion of one side of the tank and provided with a rowof depending nozzles to overhang the rag support, a series of lateralpipes extending from the cylinder through the lower portion of one sidewall of the oi1-tank to support thc cylinder and place it incommunication with the tank, and a regulatingvalve in each pipe, subStantially as described.

v2. rIhe combination, with a rag support for carrying rags to arag-pulling machine, of an oil-tank located above said support, ahorizontal cylinder extending across one side of the oil-tank at thelower portion thereof and provided with a row of depending nozzlesoverhanging the ragsupport, and a series of lateral pipes extending fromthe cylinder through stantially as described.

the lower portion of one wall of the oil-tank, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination, with a rag-support for carrying rags to arag-pulling machine, of an oil-tank located above said support, ahorizontal cylinder extending across one side of the oil-tank at thelower portion thereof and provided with a row of depending nozzlesoverhanging the rag-supporta series of lateral pipes extending from thecylinder through the lower portion of one wall of the oil-tank and eachhaving a regulating valve, and a glass oil-gage connected with the upperand lower portions of the oil-tank, substantially as described.

4. The combination,with a support for carrying rags to a rag-pullingmachine, of an oiltank, A, for containing heated oil, having a jacket,B, and an intervening filling, C, of nonconducting material,for keepingthe oil warm, a horizontal oil-distributing cylinder or pipe having aline of depending oil-dropping nozzles, and Valved pipes connecting thedistributing cylinder 0r pipe with the interior ofthe tank,substantially as described.

5. An oil-distributing apparatus for supply ing oil to rags in theirpassage to a rag-pulling machine, consisting of an oil-tank, A, havingajaeket, B, and an interposed lling, C, of noncondueting material,forkeeping the oil warm, and a series of oil-dropping nozzles incommunication with the oil-tank, for supplying the oil in drops in atransverse path across the rags in their passage to the rag-machine,sub- In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES VILCOCK.

WVitnesses:

M. ALFRED BRIGG,

Leeds, JOHN E. WALSH,

East Parade, Leeds.

